About Us
Our collaboration is a collective of the most amazing, creative and hardworking people and organisations that are currently delivering and working within the underground, grassroots and independent event and festival industry.
It has never been so important to be individual and avoid the commercial trap. Since Covid lock downs the industry has suffered. A sense of caution and distrust when buying tickets to events has grown from events that had to postpone or worse cancel during covid times. There were huge festival start-up companies and individual scammers that took full advantage of lockdown cancellations. Thousands of people lost money buying tickets to events that just never happened. The cost of living is squeezing the fun out of people and mental health is at a crisis point. Our industry needs to go through a healing process. We hope to revitalise the passion and community spirit that makes the events industry such a joy to work in. Making money is part of the process of becoming sustainable but – we do this for the love of our community and passion for creativity, not for the love of money.
Get Involved
If you are thinking you should be a part of our community, if you have good vibes, energy and skills to share, or have an event or creative project and need some help. Please get in touch.
If you have a concept for an event or festival and need the right contacts to make it happen, stand out and be truly something different, you are in the right place.
Who are we?
This list is a work in progress. There are many facets to the Something Different community. We still have a lot to add to this list and we will continue to invite people to join the collaboration and community.
Out To Grass
We are very blessed to have a beautiful location for our yearly gatherings and HQ. Out To Grass is a community run campsite and events venue where many start up and not for profit festivals have found their grounding. There is a super skilled group of individuals within the vibrant creative community.
Out To Grass is more than just a site or a venue, they are an event production team that gives their full support and shares their high vibes with anyone who visits.
OTHER COLLABORATORS
The Travelling Temple of Art
The Travelling Temple of Art is a mobile exhibition-space, featuring an ever-evolving collective of UK-based visionary artists. Our goal is to increase exposure to visionary arts and provide an immersive space for our talented collective to showcase their latest creations. The exhibition has been featured in several static gallery locations and an increasing number of festivals in the UK.
Kreatter & Creative Kritta Collective
A creative installation and interactive art’s team. The team of creative kritta’s have a vast array of skills and talents required to create visually stunning art installations, event decor and stage creations.
Swing it productions
A high-grade sound system and sound engineer crew. A solid and super skilled sound engineer crew who won’t abandon ship halfway through your event. They always deliver a top quality sound to suit the venue and your specifications.
Omni visuals
VJ and projected visuals artist currently all over it on the underground UK scene
Plan B.E.E
Recruitment service for all things events in the UK. If you want to find volunteer work to get experience in the industry, creative projects to get involved with or you are looking for paid work in the event industry, Plan B.E.E can help you find it.
Wiseman Productions
Videographer and content creator making our amazing promotional videos.
Limericks Photography
Capturing beautiful portraits and magical moments for event promotion and awesome experimental photographic art.
The SD event production team
Darren – An all-round instigator of creativity Darren has been involved in event production and promotion since the late 90’s. Starting with small one room club events and band nights in local pubs and then branching into outdoor events and festivals. He is a high energy power house that has dedicated himself to supporting and helping to deliver high-grade creative events and safe spaces in the UK. Once a year Darren coordinates the Something Different Collaboration Gathering and is a resident team member of the OTG community.
Ian and the OTG crew – Our host at Out To Grass and the founder of the Out To Grass community. Ian has supported many small independent grassroot and not for profit events and festivals by welcoming them at the OTG site and by providing an incredibly dedicated and hard-working crew. He has been a constant support to the Something Different Collaboration Gathering, we are very blessed to have him as part of what we do. The OTG crew help us deliver an amazing set up across site for the Something Different Collaboration Gathering.
Davina – Queen of the spreadsheet and cracker of whips, Davina is a talented event’s manager and coordinator. As well as working for one of UKs largest safari parks, she also keeps things on track with the Something Different Collaboration Gathering and coordinates our being well workshops and educational talks. She is a specialist in environmentally sustainable events. A super skilled spinner of plates Davina’s full power female energy is an integral part of Something Different.
Ralph – Coated in a crust of event and festival experience Ralph has a varied skill set and a keen interest in event sustainability and environmental impact. Ralph has been with the collaboration for a long time and this year he has stepped up to be Davina’s right-hand man helping to coordinate the Something Different Collaboration Gathering. Good man and good luck Ralph.
Beth – A force to be reckoned when you stick her in an office with a walkie talkie. Beth works in production and event control roles at many festivals in the UK and once a year she runs the event control office at Something Different Collaboration Gathering. She is also the creator of Plan B.E.E a recruitment service and community helping people in the events industry connect.
Lou – Apart of the collaboration since we branched into outdoor events and festivals Lou has filled many roles for us and other festivals and events over the years. Currently she coordinates our market stalls and craft workshop area at Something Different Collaboration Gathering. She has a strong altruistic energy that makes her an important member of the team always ready to go the extra step to help make stuff happen.
Lizy – A bundle of creative energy, Lizy spreads artistic delights and sparkle on every project she’s involved with. Leading lady of the “The FeelFree Company” Lizy is also the creative director of one of the UK’s most successful underground music festivals. She joins us for the Something Different Collaboration Gathering to coordinate the Travelling Temple of Art gallery space and source amazing live artists and incredible art installations.
Celia – Part of the OTG crew and community Celia coordinates the Something Different Collaboration gatherings performance arts area, opening ceremony and performance arts workshops. She is also a very talented seamstress, artist and performance artist she brings creativity and flare to all the events that she is involved with.
Erika – We are a not-for-profit organisation but of course money is still important when it comes to sustainability. Erika is part of the OTG community and is our accountant and handles all things cash related. We are lucky to have someone who also has a knowledge of events doing our accounts. Her grounding energy brings balance to the team and our books.
Noel – Website designer and merch printer, Noel’s tech knowledge is essential to keeping things operational within the digital domain. He has helped create this amazing online space for us and will continue to work with us upgrading the site.
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